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Post by jonathan122 on Sept 7, 2009 12:16:18 GMT
Strayers from Sheol - H. R. Wakefield (Arkham House, 1961)
Introduction: Farewell to All Those!
The Triumph of Death
Ghost Hunt
The Third Shadow
The Gorge of the Churels
Mr. Ash's Studio
Woe Water
A Kink in Space-Time
Messrs. Turkes and Talbot
"Immortal Bird"
The Caretaker
"Four-Eyes"
The Sepulchre of Jasper Sarasen
The Middle Drawer
Monstrous Regiment
The final volume of Wakefield's stories to be published in his lifetime; an Ash-Tree Press edition a few years ago added "Death of a Bumblebee", "The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends", "Appointment with Fire" and "The Animals in the Case".
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Post by dem bones on Sept 7, 2009 19:11:22 GMT
Things have come to a pretty pass when almost fifty years on we're still waiting for the first UK edition! Never seen a copy of Strayers ..., but he was such an anthologist's dream that i've copies of all but three or four of these spread over collections by Haining, Lamb, Parry, Derleth, Netherwood, etc., and that Richard Dalby Best Of .... I wonder how Wordsworth are getting on in their dealings with Wakefield's estate?
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Post by jonathan122 on Sept 12, 2009 21:18:15 GMT
Things have come to a pretty pass when almost fifty years on we're still waiting for the first UK edition! The introduction to this book is a rather bitter affair, with Wakefield declaring that he's written his last ghost story, and claiming that the ghost story is dead as a genre, and who can really blame him considering the way he was ignored in his own country for so long. The critical consensus seems to be that most of Wakefield's work after Old Man's Beard is disappointing. As is so often the case, the critical consensus turns out to be a load of bollocks. |
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